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ˈsatʌɪə/
n.
  - the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.
- a play, novel, etc. using satire. ▸(in Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies. 
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from Fr., or from L. satira, later form of satura ‘poetic medley’.